The Young Ones
1982 - 1984
This groundbreaking, avant-garde British series follows the incredibly weird misadventures of four slacker college students sharing a house in London where anything can happen.
- Stars: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan, Alexie Sayle
- Created by: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
- Tags: quirky, roommates
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Season 1
- Here's Johnny!: Episode 6, "Flood" (1982). Jerzei accidentally drinks Vyvyan's experimental potion from the fridge, and it transforms him into an axe-weilding homocidal maniac. He chases after the gang, hacks through a door, pokes his head in, and shouts, "Heeeeere's Jerzei!"
Season 2
- Trading Places: Episode 1, "Bambi" (1984). The gang wakes up one morning wearing each other's clothes and taking on each other's personalities: Rick is now Vyvyan, Vyvyan is Mike, Mike is Neil, and Neil is Rick.
- Game Show: Episode 1, "Bambi" (1984). The gang appears on University Challenge representing their school, Scumbag College, and they end up destroying the set along with some of the other contestants.
- Hostage Situation: Episode 5, "Sick" (1984). After escaping from a prison van during a street brawl, "Brian Damage Balowski" breaks into the house and holds the gang hostage with a shotgun.
- American Gigolo: Episode 6, "Summer Holiday" (1984). When the gang is thrown out of their house, Rick gets the bright idea to prostitute himself to make some money. They run into a former classmate of theirs, and Rick offers to show her "a good time" for lots of money.